Patents by Inventor James Nikoden

James Nikoden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extractor tool
    Patent number: 5617767
    Abstract: An extractor tool for manually loosening and extracting a climber's camming device from a crevice in a rock, for example. The tool includes a barrel having one or more hooks on one end and a plunger within the barrel. The tool can be attached to the handle of a camming device within a crevice and the plunger can be operated so as to cause the cams of the camming device to become retracted to thereby free the camming device from the crevice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: James Nikoden